In the waning days of the regular NWSL season the fight for playoff contention is proving to be a nail biting battle that has anxious fans gripping the edge of their seats and players digging in to leave everything they have on the pitch. On Wednesday night, 8 of the league’s 12 teams fought for […]
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Arsenal kicked off the 2022-23 season in style with a thumping 4-0 win over Brighton and Hove Albion. Goals from Kim Little, Stina Blackstenius and a brace from Beth Mead won a contest that the Gunners dominated from the first whistle to the last. The question going into this season was how Arsenal would respond
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Euro 2022 was by every metric a huge success for women’s football in England. On the pitch, the Lionesses became European champions – earning England’s first major international honour since the 1966 World Cup, ending 56 years of hurt. Their success drew record crowds and television audiences, and captured the nation’s interest in women’s football
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The San Diego Wave recently announced a Sell-out crowd for their September 17th clash against Angel City FC. Whilst women’s Soccer more broadly is becoming more and more used to seeing this sort of news, see EURO 2022 and this season’s UEFA Champions League, NWSL clubs often fail to sustain large attendances over a prolonged
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The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is less than a year away and 25 of the 32 qualification spots have been claimed. The group stage of UEFA World Cup qualifying wraps up tomorrow, September 6, where two more teams will clinch a trip to Australia and New Zealand next summer. For UEFA World Cup Qualification,
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When it comes to outstanding female football talent, Spain is among the finest in the world. Even with a skill pool as deep as Spain’s, head coach Jorge Vilda has nothing to show for it. Vilda’s most notable achievement as manager of the Spanish Women’s National Team has been reaching the Euros quarterfinals after seven
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Sunday saw Angel City FC host the Chicago Red Stars. Both teams sit in the 6th and 7th seats respectively. The three points available would mean minimizing or creating a comfortable gap in the narrowing window prior to playoffs. This was the first ever meeting for the teams, both of which have several key players
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France Football revealed the Ballon d’Or nominations on August 12th, and the name of the 2021 winner, Alexia Putellas, had to be on the final shortlist. Alexia received the worst possible news the day before the UEFA Women’s Euro began when she was hurt during training. The 2021 FIFA Best Player had torn her Anterior
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France Football announces the prestigious 2022 Ballon d’Or nominations on August 12th, with the ceremony to be hosted in Paris on October 17th. The announcement included a 20-player shortlist according to the latest criteria. This year’s criteria have changed, with the shortlist being chosen based on performance over the previous season (August 1st 2021,
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Women’s football is one of the most rapidly growing sports not only in the uk but in the world. The Women’s Super League (WSL) is now widely regarded as one of the best women’s football leagues in the world. For this reason many world class players have joined English clubs and this has repeatedly attracted
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